Well, you're in the south, and you talk like you should be hanging around Dupont Circle.
Indeed! Living around Washington DC most of my life will do that. My 15 years down in the South has done little to change my accent ...tho' I've been known to utter the occasional "
y'all" once in a blue moon.
Van Dyke was a Yank with a beyond terrible ... almost a Geneva Convention breaking ludicrous cockney accent
I think I can safely speak for all Americans when I say we accept no responsibility for Dick Van Dyke's horrid accent and bad comedy.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was the last straw...ye gods.